Burial-vault



L. GATES.

BURIAL VAULT.

APPLICATloN man MAR. s, 1920.

mmm May f, 1921.

magma- STATES LAURENCE GATES,

UNITED F ELYRIA, OHIO.

BU'RIAL-VAULT.

Application led March 3,

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, LAURENCE GATES, a citizen of the United States,residing at Elyria, in the county of Lorain and State of Ohio, haveinvented certain new and use- 'ul Improvements in Burial- Vaults, ofwhich the following is a specification.

Tiis invention relates to burial vaults formed of eeinent inaterial andadapted to inclose burial caslets and to be tightly sealed; and itconsists in the novel construction and combination of the part-shereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure l is a iront view ot a burial vault constructedaccording to this invention. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the sane. 3 is across-section through the vault, taken on the line 3-3 in Fig. 2.

The body portion 2 of the vault is rectangular in form, and it has ribsor projections 3 on its bottom for the casket to rest on when loweredinto it. The body portion is open at top, and it has a seal el formedaround its top edge. The seal is a groove whiea is arranged verticallyover the side walls and it is formed between an outer side portion 6 andan inner side portion or iip 7 of less height than the part 6. rIhebott. ui of the seal is rounded, and its groove is slightly tapered.

Ine cover 8 is preferably areli-shaped in cross-section, and it has avertical flange 9 which projects around it. This lange is slightlytapered, and it has a rounded bottoni which lits in the rounded bottoniof the groove or seal. The body portion and cover are iormed orn anysuitable cement or concrete material, and wires 10 or other suitablereinforcing devices are inserted in their thicknesses. The cover hashandles 12 Jiornied on or secured into it, for raising and lowering it,and thebody portion has prolSpecification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 3, 1921.

1.920. Serial No. 362,904.

jecting lugs 14C formed integrally with it and arranged at its angles,for the purpose of lowering it into a grave.

Villien the cover has been lowered into place, the sealing groove is runfull of liquid cement l5 of any approved composition. `When the cementl5 sets it seals the vault tightly and prevents the cover from beingremoved.

The body portion and cover are made as thin and light as possiblewithout making there of insuliicient strength, and the arrangement ot'the seal vertically over the sides of the body portion permits theweight ot' the cover to be borne by the sides, so that4 the sideportions are relieved of strain and are not liable to be split oit' orbroken.

lVhat'I claim is:

A burial vault, comprising a body portion having a sealing groove at itstop, said groove having a rounded bottom arranged in a vertical planedirectly over the vault side, the inner side wall of the said seal beingof less height than its outer side wall and being inclined inwardly andthe side walls ot the said seal being arranged to project laterally oneon each side of the vault side which is relatively thin, and a coverprovided with a tapering flange having a rounded bottom which restscontinuously in contact with the rounded bottom oi the groove andsupports the cover and prevents sealing material from iiowing into thevault, the sides of the i'iange being supported out of Contact with thesides of the sealing` groove, and the space between the flange and theouter side of the seal being adapted to receive sealing material.

In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature.

LAURENCE GATES.

